Gannon was up front with the White House about his name. Fake news agency? As opposed to what? The NYT? ABC? CBS? CNN?
Furthermore, the implication is that his private life should have been investigated, not his name or his news outlet.
Now, I do not approve of Gannon's past activities, but these people are trying to smear the White House with some little-known reporter's personal activities, what, some six years ago? All because Gannon asked a question which was not approved by the DNC's propoganda arm, AKA mainstream media.
There are security issues here. Whatever one may think about CNN or ABC they are 'legitimate' news agencies that can be checked up on. If anyone can get into the White House then ANYONE can get into the White House. What's to stop Mohammed al Bomber from changing his name to Jack Green, setting up a website called maxtorquenews.com and getting his badge?
The admin seems to be rather lax on running backgrond checks, first Kerik and now this.